Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκρόκομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκρόκομος ἀκρόκομη ἀκρόκομον

Structure: ἀκροκομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/mh

Sense

  1. with hair on the crown
  2. with leaves at the top

Examples

  • τάλαιν’, ὡσ ἐλελίζει ‐ τίσ ἄρ’ ὄρνισ, ἢ δρυὸσ ἢ ἐλάτασ ἀκροκόμοισ ἀμφὶ κλάδοισ ἑζομένα, μονομάτορσιν ὀδυρμοῖσ ἐμοῖσ ἄχεσι συνῳδόσ; (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric9)

Synonyms

  1. with hair on the crown

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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